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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Heinz-Georg Wassenhoven, Monchengladbach, DE;
Konrad-Georg Schulz, Monchengladbach, DE;
Helmut Jakobs, Niederkruchten, DE;
Jochen Dressen, Monchengladbach, DE;
W. Schlafhorst AG & Co., Moenchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
An open-end spinning device having a spinning rotor housed within a rotor housing which includes a yarn conduit plate for closing the front side of the rotor housing and a conduit plate adapter, defining a mouth area of a yarn conduit guide and including a yarn draw-off jet, which is removeably arranged in a receptacle of the yarn conduit plate and is easily and quickly replaced in connection with the replacement of a rotor, while providing a reliable and tight fastening of the conduit plate adapter in the open-end spinning device. The conduit plate adapter comprises an extension including fixing elements which can be secured by a fixing arrangement which is movably arranged for selectively abutting the fixing elements for fixing the conduit plate adapter within the receptacle of the yarn conduit plate. The fixing arrangement preferably comprises a slide or a double-bar spring which surround the extension of the conduit plate adapter and include beveled contact surfaces and a biasing device for securely fixing the conduit plate adapter in the receptacle of the yarn conduit plate.